Romans 7:15,24 - Compare All Versions

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I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.

Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?

For I do not understand what I am doing,  because I do not practice what I want to do,  but I do what I hate.

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

I can anticipate the response that is coming: “I know that all God’s commands are spiritual, but I’m not. Isn’t this also your experience?” Yes. I’m full of myself—after all, I’ve spent a long time in sin’s prison. What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary.

I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?

For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate.

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?

For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].

Wretched and miserable man that I am! Who will [rescue me and] set me free from this body of death [this corrupt, mortal existence]?

For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate.

Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?